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Wandsworth 1891

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]

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112
seen that the following were the percentage of the total
deaths
Under 5 years 37.9 per cent.
From 5 to 60 years 32.6 „
Over 60 years 29.5 „
Infantile
Death-rate.
The number of deaths of infants under 1
year was 147, and the rate per thousand births
(that is per thousand infants living under 1 year of age)
was 128, compared with 149 in 1890.
Social
Position.
The proportion of deaths in the various social
grades was as follows: —
Nobility and Gentry 3.5 per cent.
Professional Classes 7.0 „
Middle and Trading Classes 27.7 ,,
Industrial and Labouring Classes 61.8 ,,

Table: TABLE IV.Zymotic Mortality in Clapham.

TABLE IV.Zymotic Mortality in Clapham.

1882188318841885188618871888188918901891
Influenza................422
Small-pox1..2..............
Measles1533333112514111732
Scarlet Fever2683..165221
Diphtheria4784610161742
Enteric Fever7348345434
Whooping-Cough17161525342528151620
Epidemic Diarrhœa4191816252415111812
Other Zymotic Diseases726125461433
Total deaths from Zymotic Diseases8111295618410084646796
Zymotic Death-rate2.12.92.31.492.02.21.91.41.532.19
Death-rate from all Diseases14.515.113.712.412.913.912.411.613.8813.63